“Nothing and everything cannot coexist. To believe in one is to deny the other. Fear is really nothing and love is everything. Whenever light enters darkness, the darkness is abolished.” – Dr. Helen Schucman
The strangest thing happened to me yesterday. I have tried to write about it a couple of times, but I can’t explain it without it sounding weird. I was walking through the city and had an overwhelming sensation of greyness. It was like a curtain was pulled back and for a few minutes I could feel what everyone around me was feeling. A woman walked by me biting her lip, and I felt such sadness coming out of her, I almost cried. I’ve had sensations of knowing what other people were feeling before, but never a whole city at a time! I was shaking with sorrow by the time I got to my doctor’s appointment.
Then, in the waiting room I saw Patricia. She walked in like a beam of light. With long blonde and white hair, a cream-coloured cape slung over both shoulders, and the most peaceful face I had ever seen, I couldn’t stop looking at her. She sat down and pulled out a Harry Potter book, smiling to herself as she read. Her energy soothed me from across the room. It was mesmerizing. I was going to be brave and get up to meet her, but before I could get up the courage, the nurse poked her head out of the door and called her name. Patricia. She smiled widely at the nurse, said a hearty hello, and was gone.
I feel like a bit of a stalker writing these words, but the effect that this woman’s energy had on me was startling. I had felt such deep sorrow in the minutes before seeing her, the effect of such positive energy was like a jolt of caffeine to the system. She felt powerful and angelic to me, and I wanted more – not more of her, I’m not that much of a stalker – but more of it for myself. I wanted to know whatever she knew that caused her to fill the room with light. And I want to remember so that I can always find my way when things get grey.
Thank you Patricia, wherever you are. Thank you for showing me the way through.
Oh what an incredible experience. Is it that she’s made a choice to appreciate life. Is that what gave her that serene warmth?
So interesting…
At the risk of sounding odd myself, you sound like you can see people’s energy fields. An amazing ability, and I think you have to be pretty intune with yourself to be able to pick up that kind of energy.
I wanted to say thank you also for writing about The Red Book. I went out and bought it b/c I loved the quotes you had cited and the reviews were amazing. I read the book in a week and the change has been fundamental in my outlook. So thank you so much for mentioning that book.
This is so beautiful. I feel good even just READING about this experience xx
enchanted. xx
wonderful! if only we could all be Patricias.
This might sound weird, but what you experienced and saw and felt doesn’t sound weird at all to me!
I had a moment like that once when I was in San Francisco. I was walking down Haight Street alone, exploring the city, when I looked across the way and felt like time slowed down. There in front of me was a vision of a woman, she was a goddess. Some kind of inner light radiated from her. She exuded confidence and courage and strength. Which were exactly what I needed at that moment in my life.
The universe is wonderful that way. It sends us precisely what we need, and sometimes what we need is to see the divinity in others in order to coax it out of ourselves =0)
happiness is definately contagious !
I had to come back and tell you that this just happened to me too! The day after you wrote this, I was driving home along the lane that leads to our house. It’s a popular dog-walking place so I wasn’t surprised to see a woman there with her Lurcher. She put a hand on his collar to keep him off the road and I slowed down to pass them. As I did so she turned around and beamed at me and woah! It nearly knocked me out of the seat!
Again with the long, blonde hair and the astounding energy.
I’ve had a rough weekend and I tell you…thinking back to her and the impact she made…well you know how it feels.
Some kind of angel indeed. Well naturally my angel has a cool dog 🙂
Thank you for trying to put it into words. I’ve not been able to ‘see’ but I’ve always been able to ‘feel’, to sense the rolling emotions and energy. Thank you for writing about your experience, I appreciate that you’re writing about your journey in so many ways.
This reminds me of one of your book chapters, you know which one 🙂 I would agree with Tina about the energy fields, that’s a pretty amazing ability and I can totally see that you would have it. I tend to get drawn into other people’s emotions and they can over my own body and feelings, but I have never ‘seen’ them like this. I, too, am glad that you shared this experience. xo
True Beauty!
Luv Min
xxx